Community Involvement
I have been thinking a lot recently about how I as a Christian and how the church as a whole can get involved enough in our local communities to actually cause a change towards Christ to take place. Does it mean starting churches in communities, Christian businesses, taking leadership positions in the communities or what?
I have always had a pull on my heart to be involved in the community and now that I am a Christian I am having this pull to follow God and to do what He wants. I am beginning to think that God is using these two desires to do something with my life, I am just not sure what yet.
So I figured I would throw this idea out here and see if anyone responds and that is - How do we best as Christians involve ourselves in the areas we live to help make people disciples of Christ?
March 9th, 2005 at 11:13 pm
Scott, have you ever read “The Celtic Way of Evangelism?” It may point you in the right direction or give you some ideas. St. Patrick was a genius at this sort of community involvement… and God used him to start a movement that eventually reached hundreds of thousands.
In Horizon’s case, I can honestly say this is our Achilles heel. If we closed up in Owings Mills and Towson, would the community care? I am pretty sure they would care less. As it is now, we are more regional in our approach. I think that’s good, for now. Our regional churches will make great flagships for community churches, me thinks, in providing the financial backing and physical resources that smaller churches may not have. But, to really impact Baltimore, Horizon will need to become more local/community based.
Perhaps it’s time for us to get together and chat about all of this in person?
DCC